diff --git a/test/parallel/test-mkdtemp-sync-prefix-check.js b/test/parallel/test-mkdtemp-sync-prefix-check.js
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+++ b/test/parallel/test-mkdtemp-sync-prefix-check.js
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+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const assertValues = [undefined, null, 0, true, false, 1];
+
+assertValues.forEach((assertValue) => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => fs.mkdtempSync(assertValue, {}),
+    /^TypeError: filename prefix is required$/
+  );
+});